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peso iyollo.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
peso iyollo.
Principal English Translation: 

a trustworthy balance (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
peso yyullo, peso iyullo
Alonso de Molina: 

peso yyullo. fiel de balanza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 81r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Money, Coins, Wealth